The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-04-27
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All me, how should miss her.
Unable longer 10 endure
My wish, asked to kiss her
4 blush of deepest rose ocrsprc;;,
Her face, as if to mask it.
AS, with woman's art. she said:
"Why, Frank. you should not ;sk J;
A man of mark-A marquis.
The height of summer-Fahrcn-heit.
A go bctween-IIam in q sandwich.
\ sound instructor-A music teacher.
\ sound investmcnt-Buying 4 drum.
Putting on airs-The western cyclone.
The greatest roam man of them all-Thc
tramp.
Sober thoughtS--The kind ll&: coac
next morning, you know.
1t is not the cream that ought 10 Gc
whipped, but the milkman.
Every sucker in the land ought tc be put
through 4 course Of sprouts.
Ii is mean girl who will give her i;:;tl
full lover tie mitten in hot weather.
y bunion is spoken of as { no!l1y ;i!:nS
in low-cut shoes
An executive session is one in which to
do nothing and keep it secret.
The lawyers are q very economical class.
They make their suits last so long.
Rising with the lark is nothing wonder
full. Any rooster can beat the lark rising.
The man who takes q hint is rot ncccs-
sarily a thief
Now that the base ball season is al hand
STRIKES will be more frequent thar ever.
Every dog has bis day, but the nights
belong to the cats.
Gone up higher-Tbc man who dil!n I
know it was loaded.
The bee can draw twenty times its own
weight; so can the porous plaster.
The cream Of experience is skinned
from spilled milk.
A Richland man has been fined $50 for
keeping cow: The COW belonged TO Il
neighbor.
ooh, I'm Slow said the tortoise to the
hare; "but | get there just the same.
And then the hare said, "Chestnuta,'
When vessels ''list" isit because they arc
anxious to hear what the wild waves axe
saying!
Heavy dews promote vegetation, AID
heavy dues have often sent business man
to vegetate.
The fashionable slipper of undresscd kid
is just as effective in dressing down kids
as any other kind.
"Ycs, she said, II think Charles is in
love with me. His breath now smells of
cloves instead of plug tobacco.
Ginger ale is said to be good for the
blood. That's the reason the dude drinks
ginger ale. The dude is blood.
Fogg speaks of the Government ware
house as 'Purgatory," inasmuch rs spirits
are there held temporarily in bond.
There is hope for the dudes. 4 French
scientist claims to manufacture artificial
brains
4 Chicago collector of rare books has
paid twenty five hundred dollars fora bible.
Thought it was something new, probably
A prominent clergyman calls the face
"the playground of the soul. Then 4
book agents cheek must be 4 prairie.
The fool knows nothing Of shame. \
man can hold up his head under any cir
cumstances when there is nothing in it.
Trust may be q good motto for q
Christian; trust not is a good one for i
tailor
It is an old saying that the watched pot
never has boil That is the reason why s
man cannot see the back part Of his neck
Do not wear your troubles any nisfcr
tunes all on the outside, like an CVerc0@t,
but keep them hidden within, like ragged
vest.
That homely babies make the best iooil
ing folks is an adage as old as time itself;
but YOU dare not tell q mother her baby IS
homely.
An old gent named John Smith has re-
Gently got married, giving as his chief
reason his desire to save the name from
utter extinction. Bully for Smith.
An ordinary woman's waist is thirty
inches around. An ordinary mans arm is
thirty inches long. How admirable are
thy works, o Nature.
The number of plants raised by man does
not exceed three thousand. Anindust:ious
hen will raise more than that every hour in
the day
BoraX is so abundant in Columbia, Ney-
ada, that it sells for four cents apound. All
at last we have found out where the hotel
clerks diamond comes from.
Said fond husband to his wife: My
dear, think III buy you little dog.
80, no." she replied, do not | prefer Civ
ing you all my affections
A strolling actor started out with high
hopes of captivating the country girls, but
report says uncertain eggs were the only
things that We're mashed on him.